do any terms or words annoy you?

Post Reply New Topic

No - I heard it a lot, too, growing up.

For me, it drove me crazy 'cause you'd hope a guy with the finger on the button would know how to pronounce a little thing like "nuclear". I can forgive the schmo who changes my tires. Or my ignorant cousin in Fresno.

Just like I'd think twice about handing over a $25K down payment on a house to someone who says, "real-a-tor".

I just remembered I hate that one, too! I also hate "signage" and there was yet another one my bf said yesterday, but I forgot what it was...

"picking someones brain" as in "let me pick your brain for a second joanna" it creeps me out.

Ugh...signage. Then there's out-of-pocket, impactful, ping, push the envelope, drill down, double-click on, best practices, parking lot, offline, soup to nuts, stakeholder...

The only thing worse is when you find yourself using annoying jargon. I try to make it a hard and fast rule not to use business jargon - but sometimes when I'm in a hurry and dealing with a bunch of bobblehead, sales goons and marketing bots - its just easier to use the native language.

One of the best books for business writers is: Why Business People Speak Like Idiots: A Bullfighter's Guide

It's funny and makes a serious case for NOT using stupid business jargon.

One of the anecdotes is how a stupid, boring, jargon-filled, PowerPoint "preso" contributed to the last space shuttle disaster. Engineers warned about some of the problems in a PowerPoint(!) and it was so damned boring and confusing it went right past everyone.

I intensely dislike when someone says "Awight?" instead of "Alright?" I also hate "whilst," "touch base with you," (don't you DARE touch me!) and "awaiting" instead of "waiting."

Like, when used so many times it looses all meaning (So, like, I was, like, walking down the, like, street, like).
Innit, since it isn't even a word (last year I heard about a teenager who wanted a taxi, but instead ordered a cabinet )
Chagrined. Ever since Twilight became popular people have been using it all the time a school. At the very least they could use it in the right context ><

The local weather woman uses some words/phrases that really annoy me:

"out and about"
"get-go"
"off and on"
"here and there"
"in the overnight tonight"

There are more, but she uses these so much that it's...it's...it's...well, I just don't have words to explain it.

When people say "library" as "lie berry".

When people say "hot water heater". It's just a "water heater". If the water were already hot, you wouldn't need to heat it.

I hate:
"My bad!" Opitmus Prime used this in the first Transformers, and it made him sound like an unintelligent buffoon instead of a wise leader.

"Veggies" Hate, hate, hate this 'cutesy' word!

Thats all I can think of for now.

So what would you call a veggieburger?

A vegetable burger

I just remembered I also hate "Take care" and "You too".

I, also, hate "My Bad." So ret*d sounding!

Yes, "my bad" is annoying.

I dislike it when people try to "get their head around" a difficult idea, or when an annoyance "does their head in." Both are ridiculous sayings that don't really even resemble the concepts they are supposed to.

I hate the saying "it is what it is" meaning they don't care what happens.
I also hate the term "morbidly obese" because that describes me because of all the poison pills I have been taking which don't work anyways and just puts on weight. It also sounds deadly.
I hate people calling me "fat and ugly" even though I call myself that because once again, the pills. I take a whole bunch of pills for various problems.

I can't stand most new slang, or terms used by groups I'm not affiliated with. I know that's how language works with ingroups, but it's annoying to not know what they are talking about. I also don't care much for ghetto talk, or people making fun of it by using it either. I just think it's stupid to hear a businessman say stuff like "yo dog!" or "what up g?"

I also don't like "babaganoosh" (sp.)

But I do like the slang I learned growing up.